Not the Lyme DiseaseWith the Magnificent Drug-Free Alternative: Homeopathic Medicine:

Unleash the Benefits of One of the Safest & Most Effect Treatment Approaches in the World

By Dr. Donald Liebell

If you've been suffering chronic Lyme disease, but do
not want treatment with long-term antibiotics and other prescription drugs... a comprehensive homeopathic approach may be right
for you. For over 200 years, people throughout the world, with many
health
conditions, have been helped through Homeopathy—as a complementary and
alternative approach, or sole treatment approach.

But, my approach is not your "grandmother's homeopathy."

If you have read elsewhere the the homeopathic remedy, Ledum is a "cure" for Lyme disease; this is not accurate. It is too simplistic and ineffective for a single homeopathic remedy to enable your body to conquer chronic Lyme. A specialized, comprehensive homeopathic approach is the means by which
my wife, kids, my patients, and I have beaten Lyme, as described in
detail throughout other articles on this website. The purpose of this article is to give you more of a background in the basics of homeopathic medicine, in contrast to both traditional Western medicine and herbal medicine. The differences between "classical" and complex homeopathy are explained in a separate article on this website.

Homeopathic medicine is the second most used health care approach
in the world. There are various specialized systems and approaches amongst doctors who utilize homeopathy in their practices.

Homeopathy is a natural and drug-free treatment method that can
deliver impressive results which are safe and often permanent.
Homeopathy is not addictive, and it works in harmony with your immune
system, unlike conventional medicine, which often suppresses it to treat
symptoms. My chronic Lyme disease patients have had stunning success with
comprehensive homeopathic treatment.

What a comfort it is for both patient and doctor to know that the treatment being administered cannot cause side effects.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(NCCAM)—a U.S. government agency, classifies homeopathy as a whole
medical system.It is based upon the principle of treating a
problem with a remedy that is similar to the problem itself, but in
tremendously diluted form.

Homeopathy has been approved and strictly regulated by the FDA since 1938.

So why is homeopathy even classified as
"alternative medicine?"

To me, this suggests that pharmaceutical
drugs
are the "real medicine," and anything else is inferior or ineffective.
This is odd, in light of the fact that homeopathy has been an
internationally
accepted, therapeutic method that uses natural substances to reliably
relieve symptoms and stimulate healing.

The homeopathic approach was forced into relative obscurity by the business interests of
pharmaceutical medicine. In the early 1900s, there were 22 medical
schools teaching homeopathy, and over 100 homeopathic hospitals. The
"father" of modern homeopathy, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann has been
immortalized in statue at Scott Circle in Washington D.C. Dr. Hahnemann
was a highly respected german physician, whose awareness of the dangers
of pharmaceutical medicine prompted him to find a safer approach.

Traditional Western (pharmaceutical) medicine has a chemical based health care philosophy, where concentrated substances are administered in high doses. Homeopathy on the other hand, is an energetic
approach. Both approaches have their benefits and should be viewed as
complementary to each other rather than opposing. Homeopathic medicine
has been a fixture in health care around the world for over 200 years.
Homeopathic medicines are created using plant, animal, mineral and microbial substances

They have no known side effects and do not interact with traditional pharmaceutical medicines.

Today, homeopathy is used by millions of people in more than 65 countries.

It is used by more than 400,000 health care professionals of all types.

More than 150 positive studies have recently been published in medical journals—most notably by the M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center, published in the International Journal of Oncology.

Science is beginning to catch up to understanding the actual mechanism by which homeopathy works. “Is Homeopathy the Same Thing as Herbal Medicine?

Absolutely NOT. People often
confuse herbal medicine with homeopathy. Although both are classified
as valid systems of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM);
homeopathy and herbal medicine are not even remotely the same thing.

Here are the differences:

Herbs are complex and concentrated substances.
They are extracted from plants. Basically, they are the raw forms of
many prescription medications, thus our bodies may process them in the
same manner. We need to break down these substances through digestion
in order to absorb the effective chemicals before our cells can use
them. Your body uses energy for this. If you are sick and low on
energy, this may not be an easy process.
Unlike homeopathic remedies, herbal medicines are not government
regulated; they can have side effects and risks just like any
prescription or over-the-counter medication. It is wise to think of
herbal medications as drugs, and to use them accordingly. You should
also understand that just because a medication is herbal... that doesn't
make it safe.

Remember that pharmaceutical drugs
are often based upon chemicals found in natural herbs. Herbs should be
used with great caution and knowledge.

Homeopathic remedies are NOT drugs.
They are formulations made from simple substances that are tremendously
diluted. There are no pharmaceutically active substances in them. For
example a remedy may by one part of the substance in 1,000,000,000,000
parts water. These preparations are ready to be utilized by your
cells... even if you're very sick

Because homeopathic formulas are such
highly diluted solutions containing various substances—side effects or
toxic reactions are extremely unlikely. Also, the quality of the
homeopathic medicine industry is FDA regulated. I rarely ever use
herbal medicine in my practice; homeopathy is much safer and I am certain, more effective than herbal medicine.

The homeopathic approach has been
tremendously successful throughout the world for over 200 years. The
rise of pharmaceutical medicine as a much more lucrative business drove
homeopathy into extinction in the United States, despite ongoing
popularity, effectiveness and unparalleled safety. It has made a
significant comeback recently in the United States, as the American
people have become further disgruntled with our health care system and
the use of pharmaceutical drugs to mask symptoms—rather than treating
underlying causes.

Americans have “re-discovered”
homeopathy in recent years, as further upgrades in technology have
advanced it as well (It was these advancements that peaked my interest
in using it in my practice). While homeopathy does help relieve
symptoms—it triggers regulation of body systems and immune function, to
get to the cause of many health problems.A big reason for
newly found interest in a very old method is simple: Homeopathy is
extremely effective, safe, and free of the dangers of side effects.
Homeopathic preparations are not addictive, and they fit it
beautifully with any holistic health system. There are various
approaches to the use of homeopathy, and in my opinion some are
certainly better than others. Like any other form of treatment, its use
is as good as the practitioner delivering it. The modern Auricular Medicine application
of homeopathy involves a sophisticated and comprehensive analytical
approach, which involves multiple combinations of formulas, with
multiple potencies. This will be discussed later. How does Homeopathy Work?

Homeopathic remedies naturally support
your body’s inborn healing process by introducing energetic frequencies similar to the condition treated. This supports your body to work way
harder to heal itself from within.

Crying Out to Your Immune System to Get Busy

Imagine you have a problem in your
life that you’ve been trying over and over to solve with no success.
There comes a point where you realize that you’re getting nowhere and
it’s time to just give up and move on. Sometimes all you can do is try
to forget about the problem and focus on other things. People do this
all the time to cope with life. Our immune systems do the same thing.
Your body will try and try to fight the fight against a health problem.
Most of the time, your immune system wins the fight. But sometimes it
“fights a losing battle” and finally, it just gives up. It’s as if your
body is left to merely “whisper” to your immune system that it needs
help. A properly administered homeopathic remedy will support your body's need to “scream at the top of its lungs,” HELP ME NOW!

Scientists aren’t exactly sure how it
does this. At first glance, it might appear that it couldn’t work.
Despite what skeptics and critics may say and think; it works
beautifully. The truth is that scientists haven’t really tried very
hard to find out.

Why?

The answer is simple: there’s little
money in it! Plus homeopathic remedies cannot be patented and publicly
traded like pharmaceuticals.

Homeopathic medicine is comparatively
cheap, extremely safe, often permanently curative… and therefore not a
profitable a commodity. As I’m sure you’re aware, health care is a huge
business. There is little motivation to fund research for treatments
that do not create corporate wealth. It is hypocritical

What we do know is that homeopathy
works by supporting the body's inborn healing capacity. The main principle
involved is known as “similar” or “like curing like.” This means that
if a substance can cause the symptoms of or a disease (or the disease
itself)—it may also cure the disease… if given in tremendously diluted
doses. This is in contrast to Western pharmaceutical medicine, where
opposites are given. For example, antacids are given for digestive
problems, antidepressants for depression, antihistamines for allergies,
etc. Homeopathic remedies are proven by testing to see if a substance can
produce symptoms of a condition in a healthy person. If such a
substance is then tremendously diluted; it can be used as a homeopathic
treatment for that very condition.

Here are some simple examples:
1) Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulphate) may be given to a person to help
constipation. But a homeopathic diluted form of Magnesium Sulphate can
relieve diarrhea!

2) Drinking coffee can stimulate your
nervous system and keep you awake, causing insomnia. But a homeopathic
diluted form of coffee can calm the nervous system and promote natural
sleep

Another reason why homeopathy is not popular among U.S. physicians

It is no small task for a doctor to
determine the right homeopathic treatment. It takes a lot more time,
patience and thoughtfulness to do than prescribing a drug. There are no
“standard” remedies for any one condition. Homeopathy treats the PERSON, not the condition.

This is a huge distinction.

When I provide a homeopathic
consultation and exam, you will notice I take a significantly longer
period of time with case history and detailed questions. Ten people
could have the same symptoms—each requiring a different homeopathic
treatment. This is one of the reasons that research studies are
difficult to perform. Clinical trials of a conventional drug are done
by testing a specific drug on groups of people, with some taking a
placebo (pretend drug) to compare the effects. Homeopathy simply
doesn’t work this way.

So the bottom line is, well… the
“bottom line.” Homeopathy can take a long time to do and it doesn’t
command the high dollar price of conventional medicine. Homeopathy is
covered by health insurance throughout most of Europe, but it is NOT in
the United States.

History of Modern Homeopathy

The roots of homeopathy date back to
Hippocrates, in Greece. The development of the science of modern
homeopathy is credited to German physician, Dr. Christian Friedrich
Samuel Hahnemann.

Hahnemann felt that the traditional
medicine of his time did as much harm as good. For some time, he gave
up his medical practice and focused on chemistry. His experiments
revealed the principle that a healing process could be triggered using
super-diluted formulations of various natural substances. This was in
striking contrast to the principles of allopathic medicine
(pharmaceutical or “Western” medicine), which is of course the dominant
approach in America. Pharmaceutical medicine involves highly
concentrated forms of various substances. In essence, homeopathic
medicine is the exact opposite approach. Doctors throughout the world
were attracted to homeopathy during the late 1700's.

Dr. Hahnemann discovered that a
substance that could make a healthy person ill could also help treat the
same symptoms of that illness in a sick person—if that substance was extremely diluted.
One of the first tests he did involved using Peruvian bark (Cinchona)
from which quinine; the treatment for Malaria was derived. He found
that small doses of Cinchona given to a healthy person would cause
symptoms similar to Malaria. He later discovered that much smaller,
diluted doses, strongly shaken, would produce an effective remedy.

Traditional Western medicine’s philosophy is to treat symptoms with opposite or contrary chemical substances. It
should be clearly understood that homeopathy is not a chemical
treatment at all—it uses frequency energetics to trigger healing
responses. Homeopathy takes into account the whole person, and is
actually not a treatment for disease, in the conventional medical
sense. A doctor practicing homeopathic methods will take into account
not only the patient’s symptoms, but their entire emotional, general,
and physical condition, as well as minute details not typically
considered by most doctors.

Since homeopathy is a whole person
approach, the treatments selected are often completely different for
each person—even if they have the same symptoms or condition as
another. A homeopathic consultation usually takes way longer than most
conventional medical exams. Much more detail is sought. For example,
one would not simply tell the doctor “I have headaches” and be
prescribed a remedy in the manner that one would take Tylenol.

Homeopathy is a complex healing art,
which is based on the principle of similarity: "Like Cures Like." This
means that the goal is to use substances that in their normal size and
form—would cause the condition being treated. The difference is that the
homeopathic remedy is tremendously diluted with water and/or alcohol.
It is thought that this leaves an energetic “footprint” of the original
substance, which supports your body to respond by working extra hard
itself to naturally eliminate the problem. Homeopathic
medicine boosts your immune system to handle the health problems from
the inside.

Dr. Hahnemann, the “father” of
homeopathy, was an advocate of patients getting plenty of fresh air and
sunshine, rest, proper diet, good hygiene and various other natural
health measures. This was during a time in history when other
physicians considered these practices to be ridiculous. Homeopathy was
introduced to America in 1824. It was at a time when conventional
(allopathic) medicine was showing tremendous intolerance and animosity
towards any competition. The American Medical Association called it
“quackery,” as did for any other system of treatment (including
chiropractic in 1895).

The American Institute of Homeopathy
was founded in 1844, prior to the formation of the American Medical
Association (AMA) in 1847. But the problems began when the AMA kicked
out any doctors who practiced homeopathy (regardless of patient success)
from their professional organization. But it wasn’t until the turn of
the century that the AMA’s efforts were fully successful at eliminating
homeopathy from the American map. When Rockefeller and Carnegie donated
huge amounts of money to AMA medicine; it destroyed homeopathy in favor
of pharmaceutical-based allopathic (Western) medicine.

The AMA was never meant to be a
patients’ organization; it is a doctors’ organization. Did you know
that in the 1950s and 1960s, the AMA campaigned hard to oppose
Medicare? In 1987, the AMA was found guilty of conspiracy to destroy
the chiropractic profession.

Homeopathy Make a Comeback in America

Fortunately, by the 1970s, homeopathy
began its American comeback as people started to become aware of natural
foods, exercise and the effects of pollution and environmental toxins.
Today, homeopathy is used worldwide with expanding popularity. It has
survived and flourished because it works and it’s safe. There’s a time
and a place for all different treatment methods. In the past 15 years
or so, many advancements from the "Classical" or traditional homeopathic
approach have been made in Europe that have gradually filtered into the
United States. This Complex or Comprehensive Homeopathic approach is
what I utilize for my family, and in my practice.

Of course, we'd love to see more
scientific research. But research is challenging with homeopathy
because treatment is rarely the same for any two individuals. Thus, the
double-blind study approach is tough to do. Homeopathy advocates such
as Dr. Deepak Chopra have pointed this out, along with the fact that
countless traditional "FDA-approved" Western medications have never
passed legitimate scientific testing. The difference is that homeopathy
has proven to be magnificently harmless and safe, while the same cannot
be remotely said for conventional pharmaceutical drugs.

It would be wonderful if the fortunes
consistently spent on research studies to "validate" pharmaceutical
drugs were used equally for homeopathy. Homeopathic medicine is truly
is "dirt cheap" compared to pharmaceutical medicine. Funding for
scientific research, like it or not, is often motivated by the potential
profits from the outcomes.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Study Validates Homeopathy! Doctors and patients who've experienced the wonders of homeopathy
know it does not need any validation. However, it is wonderful to see
that one of the most respected cancer research institutions in the world
published a groundbreaking study that demonstrated proof that
homeopathic medicine could be effective for people with cancer. The
remedies used in the study have been around for over 100 years!

This study demonstrated that specific
homeopathic remedies can kill cancer cells without affecting the normal
cells! The study, "Cytotoxic effects of ultra-diluted remedies on
breast cancer cells" was published in the February 2010 issue of the
International Journal of Oncology.

Don't be deceived by naysayers, who try
to discredit homeopathy. Studies like the one conducted by the M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center merely further document (academically) what has
been known for generations. Those who criticize homeopathy because
science has not figured out how it works, must consider the following: a
large percentage of the conventional medications appearing in the Physicians’ Desk Reference
(PDR) are listed as having no knowledge of how they work either! It’s
ridiculous to think that a good method needs to be fully understood to
us it. If this were the case, aspirin would never have been used!

England's royal family has used and advocated homeopathy since it was first established. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles are avid supporters of homeopathy, as was Princess Diana.
The Queen goes to the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. The Queen
Mother, who lived to 101, was the principal patron of the British
Homeopathic Association.

Many wealthy celebrities use
homeopathy. This is important because these people can afford anything
they want in health care… but they choose homeopathy.
There are many approaches to using homeopathic medicine. I utilize a system known as Comprehensive & Complex Homeopathy, which addresses every body system, detoxification and drainage, to support natural wellness. The details are further explained in a separate article.

I utilize a specialized protocol to objectively determine which
homeopathics are appropriate (and not appropriate) for each patient. It is called Auricular Medicine.
Determining the right treatment for each patient requires a significant
amount of patience. I utilize many formulas from many different
manufacturers. There is no “standard” or generic homeopathic treatment
for a patient’s symptoms. If you are interested in the details of the
Auricular Medicine system of homeopathic treatment, read my article devoted to this system of testing.

Complex Homeopathy is Part of My Multifaceted Treatment Approach

I am proud to use homeopathy in my practice and family life. I practice what I preach.
It is however important to clarify its role. I do not use homeopathy
(and any examination methods leading to its recommendation) as a means of
medically diagnosing or treating specific conditions, or as a
replacement for necessary traditional medications (I don’t prescribe,
nor do I un-prescribe drugs).

If
you're tired of the drug approach to chronic Lyme disease, comprehensive
homeopathy may indeed be right for you, as part of a whole-body,
wellness-based treatment approach.

Click HERE to Learn About Complex & Comprehensive Homeopathy

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"The
introduction of homeopathy forced the old school doctor to stir around
and learn something of a rational nature about his business. You may
honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths [traditional medical doctors] to destroy it."

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a
doctor. The doctors I knew as a very young child must have helped to
plant the desire in me, when I was as young as five or six. One
homeopathic physician, Dr. Justice Gage Wright, was a great model.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center Validates Homeopathy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer!

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"With Homeopathy, We Don't Treat Disease... We Use A Patient's Specific Symptoms to Find the Right Remedies to Trigger Healing"

______________________________________________________________________________Homeopathic Medicine is "Dirt Cheap" Compared to Pharmaceutical Medicine... So Why Do You Think So Many Wealthy People Use It?
Because it Works!

Regarding her survival from breast cancer, Suzanne Somers
carefully considered her treatment options, and selected a course of
treatment that involve both both conventional and alternative
approaches, which included homeopathy

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